Exodus 12
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt, saying,
耶和華在埃及地曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
2 'This month [is] to you the chief of months — it [is] the first to you of the months of the year;
「你們要以本月為正月，為一年之首。
3 speak ye unto all the company of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this month — they take to them each man a lamb for the house of the fathers, a lamb for a house.
你們吩咐以色列全會眾說：本月初十日，各人要按着父家取羊羔，一家一隻。
4 '(And if the household be too few for a lamb, then hath he taken, he and his neighbour who is near unto his house, for the number of persons, each according to his eating ye do count for the lamb, )
若是一家的人太少，吃不了一隻羊羔，本人就要和他隔壁的鄰舍共取一隻。你們預備羊羔，要按着人數和飯量計算。
5 a lamb, a perfect one, a male, a son of a year, let be to you; from the sheep or from the goats ye do take [it].
要無殘疾、一歲的公羊羔，你們或從綿羊裏取，或從山羊裏取，都可以。
6 'And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings;
要留到本月十四日，在黃昏的時候，以色列全會眾把羊羔宰了。
7 and they have taken of the blood, and have put on the two side-posts, and on the lintel over the houses in which they eat it.
各家要取點血，塗在吃羊羔的房屋左右的門框上和門楣上。
8 'And they have eaten the flesh in this night, roast with fire; with unleavened things and bitters they do eat it;
當夜要吃羊羔的肉；用火烤了，與無酵餅和苦菜同吃。
9 ye do not eat of it raw, or boiled at all in water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with its inwards;
不可吃生的，斷不可吃水煮的，要帶着頭、腿、五臟，用火烤了吃。
10 and ye do not leave of it till morning, and that which is remaining of it till morning with fire ye do burn.
不可剩下一點留到早晨；若留到早晨，要用火燒了。
11 'And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover,
你們吃羊羔當腰間束帶，腳上穿鞋，手中拿杖，趕緊地吃；這是耶和華的逾越節。
12 and I have passed over through the land of Egypt during this night, and have smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from man even unto beast, and on all the gods of Egypt I do judgments; I [am] Jehovah.
因為那夜我要巡行埃及地，把埃及地一切頭生的，無論是人是牲畜，都擊殺了，又要敗壞埃及一切的神。我是耶和華。
13 'And the blood hath become a sign for you on the houses where ye [are], and I have seen the blood, and have passed over you, and a plague is not on you for destruction in My smiting in the land of Egypt.
這血要在你們所住的房屋上作記號；我一見這血，就越過你們去。我擊殺埃及地頭生的時候，災殃必不臨到你們身上滅你們。」
14 'And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; — a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast.
「你們要記念這日，守為耶和華的節，作為你們世世代代永遠的定例。
15 Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only — in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel.
你們要吃無酵餅七日。頭一日要把酵從你們各家中除去；因為從頭一日起，到第七日為止，凡吃有酵之餅的，必從以色列中剪除。
16 'And in the first day [is] a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person — it alone is done by you,
頭一日你們當有聖會，第七日也當有聖會。這兩日之內，除了預備各人所要吃的以外，無論何工都不可做。
17 and ye have observed the unleavened things, for in this self-same day I have brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt, and ye have observed this day to your generations — a statute age-during.
你們要守無酵節，因為我正當這日把你們的軍隊從埃及地領出來。所以，你們要守這日，作為世世代代永遠的定例。
18 'In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, ye do eat unleavened things until the one and twentieth day of the month, at evening;
從正月十四日晚上，直到二十一日晚上，你們要吃無酵餅。
19 seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any [one] eating anything fermented — that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land;
在你們各家中，七日之內不可有酵；因為凡吃有酵之物的，無論是寄居的，是本地的，必從以色列的會中剪除。
20 anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.'
有酵的物，你們都不可吃；在你們一切住處要吃無酵餅。」
21 And Moses calleth for all the elders of Israel, and saith unto them, 'Draw out and take for yourselves [from] the flock, for your families, and slaughter the passover-sacrifice;
於是，摩西召了以色列的眾長老來，對他們說：「你們要按着家口取出羊羔，把這逾越節的羊羔宰了。
22 and ye have taken a bunch of hyssop, and have dipped [it] in the blood which [is] in the basin, and have struck [it] on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, from the blood which [is] in the basin, and ye, ye go not out each from the opening of his house till morning.
拿一把牛膝草，蘸盆裏的血，打在門楣上和左右的門框上。你們誰也不可出自己的房門，直到早晨。
23 'And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite.
因為耶和華要巡行擊殺埃及人，他看見血在門楣上和左右的門框上，就必越過那門，不容滅命的進你們的房屋，擊殺你們。
24 'And ye have observed this thing, for a statute to thee, and to thy sons — unto the age;
這例，你們要守着，作為你們和你們子孫永遠的定例。
25 and it hath been, when ye come in unto the land which Jehovah giveth to you, as He hath spoken, that ye have kept this service;
日後，你們到了耶和華按着所應許賜給你們的那地，就要守這禮。
26 and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What [is] this service ye have?
你們的兒女問你們說：『行這禮是甚麼意思？』
27 that ye have said, A sacrifice of passover it [is] to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, in His smiting the Egyptians, and our houses He delivered.'
你們就說：『這是獻給耶和華逾越節的祭。當以色列人在埃及的時候，他擊殺埃及人，越過以色列人的房屋，救了我們各家。』」於是百姓低頭下拜。
28 And the people bow and do obeisance, and the sons of Israel go and do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done.
耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西、亞倫，以色列人就怎樣行。
29 And it cometh to pass, at midnight, that Jehovah hath smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive who [is] in the prison-house, and every first-born of beasts.
到了半夜，耶和華把埃及地所有的長子，就是從坐寶座的法老，直到被擄囚在監裏之人的長子，以及一切頭生的牲畜，盡都殺了。
30 And Pharaoh riseth by night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there is a great cry in Egypt, for there is not a house where there is not [one] dead,
法老和一切臣僕，並埃及眾人，夜間都起來了。在埃及有大哀號，無一家不死一個人的。
31 and he calleth for Moses and for Aaron by night, and saith, 'Rise, go out from the midst of my people, both ye and the sons of Israel, and go, serve Jehovah according to your word;
夜間，法老召了摩西、亞倫來，說：「起來！連你們帶以色列人，從我民中出去，依你們所說的，去事奉耶和華吧！
32 both your flock and your herd take ye, as ye have spoken, and go; then ye have blessed also me.'
也依你們所說的，連羊群牛群帶着走吧！並要為我祝福。」
33 And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, 'We are all dead;'
埃及人催促百姓，打發他們快快出離那地，因為埃及人說：「我們都要死了。」
34 and the people taketh up its dough before it is fermented, their kneading-troughs [are] bound up in their garments on their shoulder.
百姓就拿着沒有酵的生麵，把摶麵盆包在衣服中，扛在肩頭上。
35 And the sons of Israel have done according to the word of Moses, and they ask from the Egyptians vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments;
以色列人照着摩西的話行，向埃及人要金器、銀器，和衣裳。
36 and Jehovah hath given the grace of the people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they cause them to ask, and they spoil the Egyptians.
耶和華叫百姓在埃及人眼前蒙恩，以致埃及人給他們所要的。他們就把埃及人的財物奪去了。
37 And the sons of Israel journey from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from infants;
以色列人從蘭塞起行，往疏割去；除了婦人孩子，步行的男人約有六十萬。
38 and a great rabble also hath gone up with them, and flock and herd — very much cattle.
又有許多閒雜人，並有羊群牛群，和他們一同上去。
39 And they bake with the dough which they have brought out from Egypt unleavened cakes, for it hath not fermented; for they have been cast out of Egypt, and have not been able to delay, and also provision they have not made for themselves.
他們用埃及帶出來的生麵烤成無酵餅。這生麵原沒有發起；因為他們被催逼離開埃及，不能耽延，也沒有為自己預備甚麼食物。
40 And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt [is] four hundred and thirty years;
以色列人住在埃及共有四百三十年。
41 and it cometh to pass, at the end of four hundred and thirty years — yea, it cometh to pass in this self-same day — all the hosts of Jehovah have gone out from the land of Egypt.
正滿了四百三十年的那一天，耶和華的軍隊都從埃及地出來了。
42 A night of watchings it [is] to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it [is] this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations.
這夜是耶和華的夜；因耶和華領他們出了埃及地，所以當向耶和華謹守，是以色列眾人世世代代該謹守的。
43 And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, 'This [is] a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it;
耶和華對摩西、亞倫說：「逾越節的例是這樣：外邦人都不可吃這羊羔。
44 and any man's servant, the purchase of money, when thou hast circumcised him — then he doth eat of it;
但各人用銀子買的奴僕，既受了割禮就可以吃。
45 a settler or hired servant doth not eat of it;
寄居的和雇工人都不可吃。
46 in one house it is eaten, thou dost not carry out of the house [any] of the flesh without, and a bone ye do not break of it;
應當在一個房子裏吃；不可把一點肉從房子裏帶到外頭去。羊羔的骨頭一根也不可折斷。
47 all the company of Israel do keep it.
以色列全會眾都要守這禮。
48 'And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and hath made a passover to Jehovah, every male of his [is] to be circumcised, and then he doth come near to keep it, and he hath been as a native of the land, but any uncircumcised one doth not eat of it;
若有外人寄居在你們中間，願向耶和華守逾越節，他所有的男子務要受割禮，然後才容他前來遵守，他也就像本地人一樣；但未受割禮的，都不可吃這羊羔。
49 one law is to a native, and to a sojourner who is sojourning in your midst.'
本地人和寄居在你們中間的外人同歸一例。」
50 And all the sons of Israel do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done.
耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西、亞倫，以色列眾人就怎樣行了。
51 And it cometh to pass in this self-same day, Jehovah hath brought out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts.
正當那日，耶和華將以色列人按着他們的軍隊，從埃及地領出來。
